RTJ Golf Trail at Highland Oaks

The Short Course at Highland Oaks is part of Alabama's Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail, the ambitious public golf development initiated in the early 1990s. Robert Trent Jones Sr. designed the facility with associate Roger Rulewich, creating multiple courses on this property in the Wiregrass region of southeastern Alabama near Dothan. The Short Course serves as a complementary layout to the facility's regulation courses, offering a more compact playing experience within the Trail's characteristic design framework. Jones and Rulewich applied their signature design principles even to this shorter format, incorporating strategic bunkering, water features, and the kind of thoughtful green complexes found throughout the Trail properties. The course provides an accessible option for players with limited time, those working on specific aspects of their game, or families introducing newer golfers to the sport. The routing takes advantage of the gently rolling terrain typical of this part of Alabama, with mature pines and hardwoods framing the holes. Highland Oaks sits within the broader context of the RTJ Golf Trail's mission to provide high-quality public golf across Alabama. The facility includes practice areas and clubhouse amenities consistent with other Trail properties. The Short Course functions as both a standalone experience and a complement to the longer Magnolia and Marshwood courses at the complex, giving visitors multiple playing options during their stay in the Dothan area.